Hurricane Sally.

[Cturber]

I am on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Sally was a beast but over all we have fared pretty well. No power, lots of damage in our communities, but I learned some pretty valuable lessons. This may turn into an article later about coops in hurricane prone areas and/ or hurricane preparedness. Sally was unexpected in the amount of damage. Our communities experienced Ivan, Katrina, and many other storms that were “worse” storms. The problem with Sally was that she sat on us. By only moving 2 MPH we were belted w Hurricane force winds in one direction for 8+ hours. Then the calm of the eye, and then hurricane force winds for 3 more hours the other direction. How are you guys affected doing? Do you need anything?

I had a HUGE tree fall and land on my coop. Thankfully, the coop was a repurposed dog kennel and was very sturdy. I lost no chickens. My run is destroyed and my girls are now free range and, at times, house chickens. Lol. But we are cleaning up and rebuilding better than ever, based on lessons learned and planning to add ducks! Here are pics.
Before

This is our location.

After

At least someone enjoys clean up

 

[Molly Mojo]

Wow!

thank you so much for sharing andI’m so glad your flock made it!

Good luck on clean up progress.

 

[N F C]

Glad everyone was ok! What a mess to clean up, good luck with that and rebuilding your run

 

[TwoCrows]

Oh how scary!! I am glad you and flock are ok!

 

[RubelliteRose]

This may turn into an article later about coops in hurricane prone areas and/ or hurricane preparedness.

Oh wow - so glad everyone is ok!!
I would absolutely be interested in reading your article

 

[Spotgieter]

I am on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Sally was a beast but over all we have fared pretty well. No power, lots of damage in our communities, but I learned some pretty valuable lessons. This may turn into an article later about coops in hurricane prone areas and/ or hurricane preparedness. Sally was unexpected in the amount of damage. Our communities experienced Ivan, Katrina, and many other storms that were “worse” storms. The problem with Sally was that she sat on us. By only moving 2 MPH we were belted w Hurricane force winds in one direction for 8+ hours. Then the calm of the eye, and then hurricane force winds for 3 more hours the other direction. How are you guys affected doing? Do you need anything?

I had a HUGE tree fall and land on my coop. Thankfully, the coop was a repurposed dog kennel and was very sturdy. I lost no chickens. My run is destroyed and my girls are now free range and, at times, house chickens. Lol. But we are cleaning up and rebuilding better than ever, based on lessons learned and planning to add ducks! Here are pics.
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I appreciate you posting these pictures and your experience. We live in Worth Co, GA and Helena is coming our way. She will be a cat 2 when she comes on land and supposedly in our area. We have 5 ducks and 1 goose that have a metal building, but since we rarely have anything like this, we're unsure of what to do to keep them safe. Of course, this storm will come during the night. Any advice would be appreciated. ~ Sherrie

 

[TwoCrows]

I appreciate you posting these pictures and your experience. We live in Worth Co, GA and Helena is coming our way. She will be a cat 2 when she comes on land and supposedly in our area. We have 5 ducks and 1 goose that have a metal building, but since we rarely have anything like this, we're unsure of what to do to keep them safe. Of course, this storm will come during the night. Any advice would be appreciated. ~ Sherrie

You might bring them inside your garage or house when the worst of Helena hits? Stay safe out there!

 

[TwoCrows]

I appreciate you posting these pictures and your experience. We live in Worth Co, GA and Helena is coming our way. She will be a cat 2 when she comes on land and supposedly in our area. We have 5 ducks and 1 goose that have a metal building, but since we rarely have anything like this, we're unsure of what to do to keep them safe. Of course, this storm will come during the night. Any advice would be appreciated. ~ Sherrie

I just stumbled onto this thread you might find help and companionship in... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hurricane-season-2024.1626608/

 

[Spotgieter]

You might bring them inside your garage or house when the worst of Helena hits? Stay safe out there!

Thank you! Since I wrote this, Helena will be a cat 4 when she hits. We'll do what we have to, so they'll be safe. The duck shed is surrounded by trees and so is our house. Those natural barriers slows the wind down